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C. O. BLOOD.

NUTMEG GRATER.

No. 399,823. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

UNITED STATES CHARLES O. BLOOD, OF LYNN, MASSAOIIUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR J. BLOOD AND LILLEBRIDGE K. BLOOD, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

NUTMEG-GRATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,823, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed May Z6, 1888. Serial No. 275,235'. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, CHARLES O. BLOOD, of Lynn, county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Nutmeg-Graters, of which the following', taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in nutmeg-graters, and the nature thereof is fully described and specifically claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a nutmeg-grater embodying my invention. Fig'. 2 is avertical section thereof on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an end view of the g'rater plate and case, with the holder in elevation. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the clearer.

The edges of the grater-plate 5, along the sides thereof, are preferably turned downward, to the end that the plate may be supported above the bottom of the inclosingcase 5, and thereby produce a chamberintermediate the case and the grater-plate, into which the gratings descend through the openings in the grater, whence they are guided by the surroundingwalls of said chamber tothe end thereof. The handle a closes up this chamber at one end, and the grater-plate is supported thereby in a groove formed in the edge thereof. The grater-plate is also held to the inclosing-case 6 by means of the rib and groove ll, Fig. 2. The inclosingcase 6 is bent upward and inward over the gratingplate, as represented in Fig. l. The nutmegholder 7 is provided with a central bore eX- tendiug through the same, into which the'nutmeg to be grated is introduced, and a follower, S, is arranged, which is introduced behind the nutmeg, so as to keep it pressed down upon the surface of the grater, the pressure being' applied to the end of the fol.- lower by the hand of the operator.

The holder 7 is provided with lateral grooves on either side adapted to receive the inturned edges of the case Said inturned edges operate to hold the holder 7 in close proximity to the grating-surface, as represented in Fig. 3, and support the holder while it is reciprocated over the grating'surfaee. The graterplate 5 is preferably composed of tin. The grating-surface is made by piercing' through the tin in the ordinary way, and the perforations through said tin to form the grating'- surface are preferably arranged in parallel rows, to the end that a clearer may be used, as described hereinafter'.

It will be evident that a grating-surface thus formed in parallel rows would operate to groove or eorrugate the surface of the nutmeg when reciprocated over the same inline with the rows. To obviate this itis desirable to have the holder 7 travel across the grating'- surface in a diagonal path, to which end the overturned edges e e of the case 6 are trimmed diagonally, and are overturned relatively to the grater-surface, so as to produce apath, 71., between the edges c e, which path is diagonal to the parallel perforations in the grater-plate, substantially as shown in Fig'. l, so that the holder in passing' down the path is given a lateral movement, so as to bring all parts of the face of the nutmeg into contact with the grater-surface at some period during the movement.

In the bottom end of the holder 7 are provided the cross-grooves, into which are introduced the guards or clearers l0 lO. Said guards are composed, preferably, of sheet metal of a length equal to the distance between the inner faces of the sides f of the case G, to the end that they shall extend entirely across the chamber formed between said sides. The guards are held vertically by the holder 7, and permit easy movement endwise in the grooves of the holder, to the end that the holder while traveling down the path h may slide freely along the guards. Said guards are placed, one in front and one in rear of the chamber containing the nutmeg, and are preferably constructed with downwardly e projecting' points n, which extend into the grooves between the perforations of the grater-surface, to the end that when carried over the grater with and by means of the holder 7 said points will remove portions of the grated fiber or obstrnctions that may have lodged between the corrugations of the grated surface. Said guards further serve to keep all small pieces of nutmeg confined within the holder until they have been finely powdered. For the latter purpose the projections are not strictly neces- IOO sary. Said guards are provided on either end with downward projections that bear upon the surface of the grater-plate at the outer edges thereof, and thus support the guard from beneath the holder. The holder is coniined in its raceway by the inturned edges l2 l2 of the case 6.

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a nutmeg-grater, an inclosing-case, G, the grater-plate Within the same and held above the bottom thereof, having rows of perforations parallel to each other, a passage in the top of the inclosing-case formed diagonally to the rows of perforations in the graterplate by bending the edges of the case inward, a nutmeg-holder having grooves in its sides adapted to the inwardly-turned edges of the inclosing-case, and a plunger within the holder, subtantially as described.

2. In a nutmeg-grater, an inelosing-case, 6, having inwardly-turned edges forming a diagonal passage, a nutmeg-holder having grooves in its sides adapted to said edges, and the grater-plate having downwardly-turned edges adapted to rest on the bottom of the p late G, and grooved to fit corresponding ridges in the sides thereof, substantially as described.

In a nutmeg-grater, an inclosing-case, 6, having inwardly-turned flanges forming a diagonal passage, a nutmeg holder having grooves litted to said flanges, a grater-plate supported above the bottom of the inclosingcase, and a handle, 4, closing the space beneath the grater-plate at one end, said handle having a groove to support one end of the graterplate, said plate having downwardly-turning edges resting against the bottom of the plate (5, substantially as described.

4L. The combination of a grater-plate, 5, a holder, 7, movably supported on Ways above the plate, and clearers l0, supported in the holder and movable therewith, and having downward projections extending into the corrugations of the grater-plate, substantially as described.

5. rlhe combination of a grater-plate, 5, a holder, 7, supported movably above the same, and clearers l0, supported loosely in the holder and movable therewith, and provided with projections extending into the corrugations of the grater-plate, substantially as described.

(5. The combination, with a grater-plate, 5, of the inclosing-case (i, the nutmeg-holder 7, and the guards or clearers, whereby the pieces are retained in the holder, substantially as described.

7. In combination,theinclosing-case 6,having inwardly-turned flanges, a grater-plate Within the same, a holder having grooves to receive the inwardly turned llanges, and means for limiting the movement of the holder and preventing its displacement, consisting of the bent ends l2 l2 of the flanges, substantially as described.

CHAS. O. BLOOD.

Witnesses:

G. H. WILLiAMs, C. B. TUTTLE. 

